Stephan James

Position:
Sprints
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Georgetown, Guyana
High School/Previous School:
ASA College [NY]

2017 Outdoor Second-Team All-American (4x400m Relay)
2018 Outdoor Second-Team All-American (4x400m Relay)

2018 Outdoor Season

Competed at the Aliann Pompey Invitational (6/30) in Guyana where he ran the 400m ... advanced to the NCAA Championships (6/6) as a member of the 4x400m relay and earned second-team All-American honors with a 12^th-place finish … qualified sixth in the 4x400m relay at the NCAA East Prelims (5/26) and competed in the 4x100m relay … scored at the SEC Championships (5/13) in both the 4x400m relay with a sixth-place finish and the 4x100m relay with an eighth-place finish ... also ran the open 200m and 400m … was part of the third-fastest sprint medley relay (3:15.70) in school history at the Penn Relays (4/27) where he also ran on the 4x100m and 4x400m relays … won the 4x400m relay at the Tennessee Relays (4/12) and took third in the 4x100m … placed third in both the open 400m and the 4x100m relay at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/7) … ran a season-best wind-aided 21.37 in the 200m at the Florida Relays (3/29) … won every relay he ran at the Bulldog Relays (3/23) … competed in the 200m and 4x100m, 4x200m and sprint medley relays.

2018 Indoor Season

Competed on the 4x400m relay that placed sixth and scored at SEC Championships (2/24) … ran the 4x400m and the distance medley relays at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17) … the distance medley relay finished in 9:34.44, the second-fastest time in school history, and the 4x400m relay posted the fifth-fastest time in MSU history at 3:07.33 … ran the 400m and 4x400m relay at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/9) … finished fifth at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3) in the 400m with a time of 47.47 … also ran on the 4x400m relay team that finished second … ran the 400m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20), finishing in 47.97 for ninth place … opened the season at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12) with a third-place finish in the 4x400m relay.

2017 Outdoor Season

Ran on the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams at the NCAA Championships (6/7) … competed in the 400m along with the 4x100m and 4x400m relays at the NCAA East Prelims (5/25) where both his relays advanced … ran the same three events at the SEC Championships (5/11) finishing as high as eighth with the 4x400m … finished fifth in the 400m at the SEC Relays (4/28) … also placed fifth in the 4x100m and fourth in the 4x400m … ran the 400m in 46.79 for 10^th place at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/22) … his 4x100m relay won the South Alabama Invitational (4/15) while he finished fifth in the 200m … ran the 200m in 21.31 at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/7) to earn a fourth-place finish … also ran the 4x100m relay that took second … opened the season at the Florida Relays (3/30), running the 400m, 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m … clocked a personal-best in the 400m at 46.07 to finish third.

2017 Indoor Season

Qualified for the NCAA Championships (3/10) … helped score all five of MSU's team points at the SEC Championships (5/11) ... ran the fourth fastest 400m dash time in school history at SEC Indoor Championships to qualify for nationals with a time of 46.26 that was good for a seventh-place finish and two team points ... also ran the second leg of the 4x400m at SECs, helping the team to a sixth-place finish and three team points … ran the 4x400m relay at the Alex Wislon Invitational (2/18), finishing fourth … took home second-place finishes in the 400m and 4x400m relay at the Boston Scarlet and White (2/3) … was a member of the winning 4x400m team at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/13).

2016 Outdoor Season

Did not compete.

2016 Indoor Season

Finished second in the 4x400m relay at the Music City Challenge (2/12) … made his MSU debut at the Armory Track Invitational (2/5) where his 4x400m team took first … also ran the 60m dash.

2015 Outdoor Season (at ASA College)

Did not compete.

2015 Indoor Season (at ASA College)

Finished inside the Top Five in all three of his events at the Armory Track Invitational (1/30) … took third in the 200m, second in the 400m and 4^th in the 4x400m relay … won the 400m at the Metro Team Challenge (1/23) … took first in the 200m and the 4x400m at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/16) … won the 200m at the Brother Jasper Invitational (12/13).

2014 Outdoor Season (at ASA College)

Competed in three events at the NJCAA National Championships (5/15), finishing third in the 200m, second in the 400m and sixth in the 4x400m relay … took second in both the 100m and 200m at the Tom Farrell Classic (5/3) … ran on the 4x100m and 4x400m relays at the Penn Relays (4/24) … won the 100m and 200m at the MSU Legacy Meet (4/18) and the Delaware Outdoor Open (4/12) … took the 200m crown at the Osprey Open (4/4).

2014 Outdoor Season (at ASA College)

Finished seventh in the 200m at the NJCAA National Championships (3/7) while also running the 4x400m relay … won the 400m in 47.96 at the Armory Track Invitational (2/7) and his 4x400m relay team finished first … took second in the 400m at the UAlbany Great Dane Classic (1/17) … ran on the 4x400m relay team that finished third at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/10).

Before the Bulldogs

Attended ASA College in New York … finished fifth in the 200m and sixth in the 400m at the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships … won a bronze medal in the 400m at the 2011 South American Junior Championships followed by bronze in 2012 at the South American Under-23 Championships and 2013 South American Championships … grew up in Guyana playing soccer … started running track with friends who wanted to compete in soccer.

Personal

Born Stephan Anthony James on June 13, 1993 to Sean James and Sharon Austin … has three brothers, Sean, Shimar and Khristoff Austin … majoring in marketing.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

60m - 6.78 (Armory Track Invitational - 2/5/2016)
200m - 21.26^ (NYC Gotham Cup - 1/16/2015)
300m - 34.26 (UAB Blazer Invitational - 1/13/2017)
400m - 46.26 (SEC Championships - 2/24/2017)

Outdoor

100m - 10.39^w^ - (Tom Farrell Classic - 5/3/2014)
200m - 20.94^ (NJCAA National Championships - 5/15/2014)
400m - 46.07 (Florida Relays - 3/30/2017)

^ set at prior school

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McKenzie Ethridge

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Antonia Hehr

Audrey Honiotes

Freddie Jackson III

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